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50 Heller Haindorf a. d. Sirning
| Issuer | Gemeinde Haindorf an der Sirning (Municipality of Haindorf an der Sirning) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Schloß Haindorf um d. J. 1627 GEMEINDE HAINDORF J.M. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Heller Gutschein der Gemeinde Haindorf a. d. S. Die Gemeinde Haindorf gibt auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses v. 8. Mai 1920 Gutscheine zu 10, 20 u. 50 Heller aus u. haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diese Scheine in gesetzl. Bargeld einzulösen. Diese Gutscheine haben bis 30. Dezember 1920 Gültigkeit, sind unverzinslich u. werden im Monate Dezember 1920 im Gemeindeamte Haindorf in gesetzl. Bargeld eingelöst. Später vorgewiesene Scheine werden nicht eingelöst. Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft. |
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Haindorf an der Sirning is a small Lower Austrian community, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Austria in 1920 when small coin simply vanished from everyday commerce. The hoarding of metal coinage — accelerated by wartime disruption and postwar uncertainty — forced thousands of municipalities to print their own emergency fractions, most redeemable only locally and for a limited period.
The Jaksch catalogue documents well over a thousand Austrian Gemeinde issues from this period. Haindorf's is among the more obscure, which typically means lower survival rates — not because the notes were rare when printed, but because nobody thought to save them.